[The Travel Wire #72] The slow extinction of budget travel, riding the Bamboo Curtain, North Korea by night, and more travel reads.
Travel reads
• The Italian paradise island with no roads, no phone signal — and almost no tourists [CNN Travel]
“Palmarola has no town and no roads. There is no electricity, no mobile phone coverage and no ferry terminal. On most days, the only way to reach the island is by small boat from Ponza, five miles away across the Tyrrhenian Sea.”
• The slow extinction of budget travel [unpacked by fialka]
“when did backpacking get so expensive?”
• Riding the Bamboo Curtain: The Strava Diaries [Afflatus]
“A solo cycling adventure along Vietnam’s 1,500km northern border with China.”
• Kindness of strangers: stranded on a tiny Indonesian island, a local took us under her wing [The Guardian]
• A broken passport still works [Scott Monaco]
“On borders, certainty, and the stories travel tells about itself.”
• I spent years searching for the ‘perfect’ place to live. It turned out my problem wasn’t geographical. [The Dole Drifter]
“A ramble on belonging, instinct, and discovering home isn’t just a place.”
• Is it okay for travelers to wear traditional clothing? [Stories of Milo (around the world)]
“The thin line between celebration and appropriation 🤔”
• The race is on to save the Alps’ famous huts and trails as melting permafrost threatens to destroy them [Smithsonian Magazine]
“Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated.”
• The Gobi was easy. China is complicated. [Ride with Ian]
“Biking to Japan Week #48.”
• North Korea by night – Pyongyang [The Candy Trail]
• If you’re an American worried about travelling abroad: don’t. [Souvenirs]
“Don’t worry, that is; people know America isn’t the same as Americans.”
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We have always said that the idea that Americans aren’t welcome is deeply overstated. In nine years of travel, we’ve encountered only a handful of anti-American people. I agree that most people are good at separating people from their governments.
But Donald Trump feels different. People can only take so much and if he were to actually attack Greenland, or do something else equally insane, I can see that sentiment changing and people not being nearly as friendly. We’re already seeing stadiums booing the U.S. flag during sporting events. Lord knows that at this point, I would be booing too.